What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger
The cells of animals, plants, and fungi start their lives by being torn apart. Cells are born by division, and just before a parent cell
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CERN shutters the Large Hadron Collider for a major transformation
The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark matter and more.
A whopping 14 million species of insects — or more — may roam Earth
New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.
Japan’s bold experiment to curb antibiotic misuse has been a huge success. Could it work in the US?
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at at time Antimicrobial resistance is a “silent pandemic,” posing huge threats to public health
Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest
A Chinese system has become the world’s most powerful supercomputer, surpassing American machines for the first time since 2021. LineShine, installed at China’s National Supercomputing
Sleep and Death cista handle: A 2,400-year-old sculpture depicting gods carrying away Zeus’ son during the Trojan War
QUICK FACTS Name: Sleep and Death cista handle What it is: A bronze decoration on a lidded box Where it is from: Italy When it
Strawberry moon 2026: Tonight’s full moon is the lowest, and one of the smallest ‘micromoons’ all year
June’s full moon, the Strawberry Moon, will rise Monday (June 29) as seen from North America and Europe. As it does, it will be the
Computer scientists are rushing to tame AI’s voracious appetite for energy
As I sip coffee in my Berlin apartment and fire a question at Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, it’s easy not to think about the energy
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017.
Rise in cancer in younger adults may be explained by faster ‘biological aging,’ early study hints
Younger generations may be aging faster than their predecessors, and this may be linked to a rise in early-onset cancers, a new study suggests. There
Bullseye! Enormous ‘bow and arrow’ galaxy is unlike anything radio astronomers have ever seen — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: RAD-Bow-And-Arrow Radio Galaxy Where it is: 2 billion light-years from Earth When it was shared: June 22, 2026 The universe
Our brains aren’t wired to handle this much bad news. But ‘looking away is not the fix,’ expert says.
During several recent conversations, people have told me that they’ve stopped checking their phones in the morning. Not because nothing was happening, but because everything
‘The fate of Earth depends on a delicate balance’: Our planet may survive the death of the sun after all, new models hint
Earth may survive the fiery death of the sun, even as our star engulfs the innermost planets, a new study using state-of-the-art models suggests. The
Computer scientists are rushing to tame tame AI’s voracious appetite for energy
As I sip coffee in my Berlin apartment and fire a question at Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, it’s easy not to think about the energy